Holder for nursing-bottles.



- No. 666,227. Patented Jan. l5 I90l.

A. .1. BBADBURY.

HOLDER FOR NURSING BOTTLES.

(Application filed an, 14, 1900.)

(No Model.

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ARTHUR J. BRADBURY, OF OLD TOWN, MAINE.

HOLDER FOR NURSING-BOTTLES.

SPEGLEFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 666,227, dated January 15, 1901.

Application filed May 14, 1900. Serial No. 16,701. (No model.)

To all. whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR J. BRADBUR-Y, a citizen of the United States, residing at Old Town, county of Penobscot, and State of Maine, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Holders for Nursing-Bottles, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a new and useful improvement in holders for nursing-bottles, and has for one object to provide an exceedingly simple and effective device of this description in which bottles of various shapes may be secured, and which will therefore support and hold the bottle in such position as to place the nipple in easy access of the infant; and a further object is to provide means for securing the holder against displacement while the bottle is in use.

With these ends in view this invention consists in the details of construction and combination of elements hereinafter set forth and then specifically designated by the claims.

In order that those skilled in the art to which this invention appertains may understand how to make and use the same, the construction and operation will now be described in detail, referring to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a perspective of my improved bottle-holder, being especially adapted for the shape of bottle shown in dotted lines in connection therewith; Fig. 2, a similar View showing a slight modification in the form of the retainer loop, whereby it is especially adapted to fit the form of bottle shown in dotted lines in connection therewith; Fig. 3, a similar View showing a further slight change in form adapting the holder for retaining the most common form of nursing-bottle, and Fig. 4 a similar View showing a modified form adapted for holding a special form of bottle shown in dotted lines in connection therewith.

In carrying out my invention as here embodied the holder is formed of wire, which is so bent as to produce the base A, which consists of the two sections lying at an angle to each other, a yoke B for the reception of the neck of the bottle, and a retainer-loop O, by which the rear end of the bottle is clamped and hold. This loop is connected with the base by the twisted upright section D, and has constant forward pressure upon the bottle, so as to lock the neck within the yoke by reason of the horseshoe shape of the latter.

In Fig. 3, where the loop is adapted for retaining a bottle which has but little bulge in the body thereof, an extension E, formed of a short section of wire, is arranged to bear upon the bottom of the bottle, thereby maintaining sufficient hold thereon to force it forward for locking the neck of the bottle in the yoke. In Fig. 4 this extension projects upward from the lower portion of the loop, as indicated at F.

A prong G is attached to the rear of the base and is so arranged that its point may be latched into the shield H after the manner of a safety-pin, and the object of this is to secure the holder upon the pillow or bed-covering in such a position that the infant may have ready access to the nipple of the bottle without any liability of the bottle becoming broken by being thrown down.

In practice the bottle is secured in the holder by first placing the bottom end thereof in the loop and snapping the neck in the yoke, after which the holder is placed upon the pillow or adjacent to the child, so that the nipple falls in easy reach, and by pinning the holder to the pillow or bed-covering it cannot be displaced. Therefore there is no danger of breaking the bottle.

The principal advantage gained by the use of my improvement is that the bottle is always held at the proper angle, so as to retain its contents in the neck portion thereof, thus preventing the child from nursing air or contracting diseased germs.

Another advantage attendant upon the use of my improvement is the convenience of permitting the child to take its food without the necessity of constant attendance and with perfect security from accident.

As the entire holder is made of a single piece of wire it cannot get out of order and requires no skill for its use.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and useful is l. A holder for nursing-bottles, consisting of a base, comprising two sections of a wire lying at an angle to each other, said basewires being upturned to form the front stand- .therefore SllffiGlGHl) resiliency to maintain a ards, a yoke depending between the standards having a contracted neck, an upright centrally of the rear of the base having a loop to receive the bottle, said loop being on a higher plane than the yoke, said upright being resilient, as and for the purpose described.

2. A holder for nursing-bottles consisting of a base for supporting the device comprising two sections of a Wire lying at an angle and having their forward ends upturned and terminating in a yoke bent to depend between the upturned portions, said yoke having a contracted neck, an upright centrally of the rear of the bases, having a loop on a ARTHUR BRADBURY.

Witnesses:

F. W. KNOWLTON, H. C. MARTIN. 

